From$230
3 days · 2 nights
Labengki Sombori Express
Three days, two nights across both island groups. Private wooden boat from Tanasa Port, all meals, guide and photo documentation. Homestay or cottage.
- 2 lagoons
- 2 caves
- 3 beaches
Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Labengki Sombori Tours
Limestone towers, hidden lagoons and Bajo stilt villages, reached by boat from Kendari.
The trips
Four lengths, the same two island groups. The longer the trip, the further south it reaches and the less it hurries.
From$264
4 days · 3 nights
Karst, Caves and Twin Lagoons
Four days across both island groups on a private wooden boat. Two full days on the water, the Sombori caves, and room to go back when the tide says no.
- 2 lagoons
- 3 caves
- 4 beaches
From$347
5 days · 4 nights
Lagoons and Sea Nomads
Five days on a private boat across both island groups. The further lagoons, the Bajo stilt village at Mbokita, and time to swim rather than tick off stops.
- 5 lagoons
- 3 caves
- 5 beaches
From$358
6 days · 5 nights
The Slow Archipelago
Six days on a private boat with no schedule to keep. First light at the viewpoints, repeat visits, and enough attempts to actually get the shot.
- 5 lagoons
- 4 caves
- 4 beaches
Two island groups, one trip
Labengki and Sombori are usually sold as one destination and they are not the same place. This is what separates them.
The places you actually stop
Every viewpoint, lagoon, cave and beach on the route, described honestly, including how you get to it and whether it is worth your morning.
Work out whether this trip is for you
Costs, timing, flights, what to pack, and how this compares to the places you have probably already looked at.
Things to Do in Southeast Sulawesi: The Province Almost Nobody Routes Through
Southeast Sulawesi gets skipped, and the reason is not that there's nothing here. It's that nothing routes through it, so nobody writes about it.
Planning a Sulawesi Tour: The Regions, and What Each One Is For
Most people plan a Sulawesi trip as though it were one place. It's an island the size of a country with four gateway cities, and choosing badly costs you days.
Snorkelling in Sulawesi: Where It's the Point, and Where It's a Bonus
We run a karst and lagoon trip with snorkelling attached, not a reef trip. Saying that plainly costs us bookings and saves people from the wrong week.
The Best Islands in Sulawesi, and What Each One Is Actually For
Every list ranks these the same way and none of them explain the trade-off. They're not competing for the same visitor, and picking the wrong one is the real risk.
What a Day on the Boat Is Actually Like in Labengki
Almost all of a Labengki trip happens on a boat. Knowing how that day is shaped, and where you get wet, is the difference between a great week and a surprised one.
Photographing Labengki and Sombori: Light, Angles and Flying a Drone
Half the famous images of this region only exist because someone put a drone up. Here's what works from the air, what works from the ground, and when.
How we work
Private boat, not a shared schedule
Your group has the boat. The itinerary bends around the sea and the light rather than around other passengers.
Prices that do not move at the end
What you are quoted covers the boat, the crew, the meals and the accommodation tier you picked. The exclusions are written on every trip page.
We say when the answer is no
Some lagoons depend on tide, some viewpoints depend on where the day started. You will hear that before you book, not on the boat.
Tell us when you want to go
Send the dates and the group size. You will get an itinerary and a total, from the people who run the boats.
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